Improvement in surcingles



P. B. HORTON.

SURCING'LE.-

Patented May 30,1876.

lventor N- FETERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D Q

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PEMBERTON B. HORTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SURCINGLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,008, dated May 30,1876; application filed November 27, 187 5. t

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, PEMIBERTON B. Hoe- TON, of San Francisco city andcounty, State of California, have invented an Improved Surcingle; and Ido hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawingsare sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovement without further invention or experiment.

My invention consists in applying an elastic or yielding pad of felt tothat side of a surcingle which comes next to the animals body, so thatit will conform closely to the shape of the body, and while it serves asa pad or cushion to prevent chafing it will also give a firmer adhesion,which will prevent the surcing'le from turning or slipping from itsproper place.

In the accompanying drawings, let A represent a surcingle, which may bemade of webbing, leather, or other suitable materiaL. Upon one side ofthis surcingle or belt I secure a pad or cushion, B, made of felt. Thepeculiar character of felt is such that when thus combined with asurcingle the latter is held steadily in position on the animals body,and does not slip or turn as when padded with other articles. This padcan be either cemented, sewed, riveted, or otherwise attached to thebelt, as may be found most convenient and durable.

In practice I use a felt cushion, and usually place it along the middleof the belt, where the surcingle presses hardest upon the back of theanimal, and this will generally be suflicient; but it can also be madeto extend the entire length of the belt, and so placed as to come nextto the skin of the animal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, asurcingle provided with one ormore pads formed of a number of layers of felt sewed on the inside ofthe surcingle, substantially as set forth.

PEMBERTON B. HORTON.

